Seek Ye First the Kingdom of Heaven and Its Righteousness (1)

Rev. denHartog is pastor of Hope Protestant Reformed Church in Redlands, California. "But seek ye first, the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." Matthew 6:33 This is the great command of our Lord in the Sermon on the Mount. The meaning is not that we must seek the kingdom first and then afterwards can seek a number of worldly things, such as riches and glory and the pleasures of this world. Rather, the meaning of this exhortation is that we must...